Java tutorial
import java.io.*; import java.net.*; public class URLGet { public static void main(String[] args) { BufferedReader in = null; if (args.length == 1) { try { URL url = new URL(args[0]); in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(url.openStream())); String line = null; while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) System.out.println(line); } catch (MalformedURLException ex) { System.err.println(ex); } catch (FileNotFoundException ex) { System.err.println("Failed to open stream to URL: " + ex); } catch (IOException ex) { System.err.println("Error reading URL content: " + ex); } if (in != null) try { in.close(); } catch (IOException ex) { } } else System.err.println("Usage: URLGet URL"); } }